UPTON
ST LEONARDS WAR MEMORIAL
World War
1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Martin Edwards 2016
The
memorial is to be found on the verge outside St Leonard's Church, Upton
St. Leonard's, Stroud, Gloucestershire. It takes the form of a cross
on a slender column set on a four-step, hexagonal, plinth. There are
37 names for World War 1 and 9m for World War 2. Designed by Edward
Warren of Bedford Square, London, constructed by Messrs W.T. Nichols
at a cost of £472 10s 8d.
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Photograph
copyright © Royston J. Tranter 2016
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IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WAR 1914-1919
AVERY |
George |
Private
8029, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
7 November 1914. Aged 31. Born Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Gloucester. Son of George and Mary Avery, of Upton St.
Leonards, Gloucester; husband of Edith Louise Hines (formerly Avery),
of South Wellington, British Columbia, Canada. No known grave. Commemorated
on MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 22 and 34. |
BAILEY |
Edward
|
Private
18993, 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia
9 July 1916. Born Corse, Gloucestershire, enlisted Shirehall. Buried
in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot III. Row G. Grave 10. |
BALLINGER |
Edward
Ted |
Private
8136, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 18 February
1915. Born Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester.
No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 17. |
BARNARD |
Arthur
Edwin |
Driver
832077, 1st Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died
28 May 1917. Aged 21. Son of Thomas Henry and Caroline Barnard,
of Bowden Villa, Matson, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucester. Buried
in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France. Plot
III. Row B. Grave 172. |
BIRCHALL |
Arthur
Percival Dearman |
Captain
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
attached to 4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action 24
April 1915. Aged 38. Son of John Dearman Birchall, of Bowden Hall,
Gloucester; brother of Edward (below). Selected prior to the war
for work on the Instructional Staff in Canada. No known grave. Commemorated
on MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 and 8.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1,
Page 34-35:
BIRCHALL,
ARTHUR PERCIVAL DEARMAN, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 4th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, and Capt. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd s.
of the late J . . . Dearman Birchall, of Bowden Hall, co. Gloucester,
by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Towitt, of Harehills, Leeds ;
b. Bowden Hall, 7 March, 1877, and was educ. at Eton
and Magdalen College, Oxford. He obtained a University Commission,
being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regt.), 23 May, 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 11 April, 1902,
Capt. 1 Oct. 1908, Major, and Lieut.-Col. 22 Sept. 1914. From
25 March, 1904, to 24 March, 1907, he was Adjutant of the Royal
Fusiliers, and on 15 April, 1910, was seconded for service with
the Royal Canadian Regiment, and later he was on the Instructional
Staff, Western Canada. In Aug. 1914, he was invalided home from
Canada, but recovered sufficiently to rejoin the 1st Canadian
Contingent in Nov and acted as Staff Capt. to the 1st Brigade.
Always popular and a keen and most efficient officer he was appointed
to the colonelcy of the 4th Canadians in February. and was killed
in action in the attack on the Pilkem Ridge, near Ypres, 23 April,
1915 ; unm. Speaking of this action F. M. Sir John French
said : " The Canadians had many casualties, but their gallantry
and determination undoubtedly saved the situation. Their conduct
has been magnificent throughout" ; and the Official Report
from the Canadian Record Officer at the Front was as follows :
" The fighting continued without intermission all through
the night, and to those who observed the indications that the
attack was being pushed with ever-growing strength, It hardly
seemed possible that the Canadians, fighting in positions so difficult
to defend, and so little the subject of deliberate choice, could
maintain their resistance for any long period. At 6 a.m. on Friday
(April 23) it became apparent that the left was becoming more
and more involved, and a powerful German attempt to outflank it
developed rapidly. The consequences, if it had been broken or
outflanked, need not be insisted upon. They were not merely local.
It was therefore decided, formidable as the attempt undoubtedly
was, to try and give relief by a counterattack upon the first
line of German trenches, now far, far advanced from those originally
occupied by the French. This was carried out by the Ontario 1st
and 4th Battns. of the 1st Brigade, under Brig.-Gen. Mercer, acting
in combination with a British brigade. It is safety say that the
youngest private in the ranks, as he set his teeth for the advance,
knew the task in front of him, and the youngest subaltern knew
that all rested upon its success. It did not seem that any human
being could live In the shower of shot and shell which began to
play upon the advancing troops. They suffered terrible casualties.
For a short time every other man seemed to fall, but the attack
was pressed ever closer and closer. The 4th Canadian Battn. at
one moment came under a particularly withering fire. For a moment—not
more—it wavered. Its most gallant commanding officer, Lieut.-Col.
Birchall, carrying, after an old fashion, a light cane, coolly
and cheerfully rallied his men, and, at the very moment when his
example had infected them, fell dead at the head of his battn.
With a hoarse cry of anger they sprang forward (for, indeed, they
loved him) as if to avenge his death. The astonishing attack which
followed, pushed home in direct frontal fire made in broad daylight,
by battns. whose names should live for ever in the memories of
soldiers, was carried to the first line of German trenches. After
a hand-to-hand struggle the last German who resisted was bayoneted,
and the trench was won. The measure of this success may be taken
when it is pointed out that this trench represented in the German
advance the apex in the breach which the enemy had made in the
original line of the Allies, and that it was 2½ miles south
of that line. This charge, made by men who looked death indifferently
in the face—for no man who took part in it could think that
he was likely to live—saved, and that was much, the Canadian
left. But it did more. Up to the point where the assailants conquered
or died, it secured and maintained during the most critical moment
of all the integrity of the Allied line. For the trench was not
only taken, it was held thereafter against all comers, and in
the teeth of every conceivable projectile, until the night of
Sunday, the 25th, when all that remained of the war-broken, but
victorious battns. was relieved by fresh troops." Major R.
Hayter, Brigade-Major, 1st Canadian Brigade wrote : "Your
brother, Percy, fell on the 23rd, leading his battn. in the first
Canadian counter-attack on the 23rd made by the French, British,
and 1st and 4th Canadian battns., just east of the Ypres Canal.
His battn. lost all its officers but four, and some 560 casualties
other ranks, but they never wavered and got into the enemy's line,
saved the day, and prevented the enemy's advance south along the
east bank of the canal. We are still being desperately engaged,
and I cannot write much, but I am sure you will be glad to hear
that he has been recommended for the Victoria Cross. He was wounded,
had his wound dressed, twas wounded again, yet would go on, and
fell, leading the charge which took the trenches. . . . I had
a written message from him timed 4.20 p.m. acknowledging an order,
and I hope some day to be able to give it to you. His loss has
been the greatest blow the contingent could have had. Loved by
all, and worshipped by his officers and men, we feel that it was
his personal magnetism alone which kept his regt. together, and
enabled them to hold what they had gained. All our deepest sympathies
are with you and your family, but his end could not have been
more glorious " ; and the following tribute from an old friend
appeared in " The Times " (29 April, 1915) : "
The claim to have been the most popular officer in the Army is
a large one, and may be advanced In the name of many a candidate.
But it is probable that all who in any true sense had made Birchall's
acquaintance will claim that no officer could have been more deeply,
and probably none more widely, beloved and admired. At Eton, at
Magdalen, and for fifteen years in the Army, he was for ever winning
to himself friends by the simple but irresistible charm of his
nature—by his manliness and sportsmanship, his humour and
high spirits, his enthusiasm for his profession as in general
for the better things of life. Joining the newly-formed 4th Battn.
of the Royal Fusiliers during the South African War, as a university
candidate, he became closely identified with its fortunes for
some ten years; and he was largely responsible for raising it
to the high level of the older battns. of that famous regt. Beloved
alike by his brother officers and men, he was equally prominent
as a leader in soldiering and in sport : in the field of manoeuvre
as in the football, the hockey, the hunting, but especially the
cricket field he always played a fine sporting game. After ably
fulfilling the second adjutancy of his battn., he received the
singular distinction of being selected—one of two officers
from the whole Army—to be attached to the Canadian Forces,
according to a scheme for the mutual benefit of both services.
In Canada, he inevitably won through to the same affectionate
and admiring popularity as at home. His period of appointment
was extended, he was appointed to the Staff, and was given an
almost transcontinental district of supervision. 'The characteristic
energy which he threw into this work in the unaccustomed climate
caused a temporary breakdown in his health, and hitter was his
grief, on returning to England, shortly before the outbreak of
war, to find himself entirely forbidden on medical grounds to
take for the present the share in active service for which he
had keenly prepared and eminently fitted himself. To such advantage,
however. did he make use of his time, even of sickness, that,
in the intervals of being visited by a constant stream of devoted
friends from two continents, he compiled the admirable little
manual for the use of regimental officers in the present emergency
training, which he entitled " Rapid Training of a Company
for War" (Gale & Polden, Aldershot). This book rapidly
attained a wide success, and was brought up to date in a second
(and subsequent) edition, just as he himself, recently promoted
to Major, was appointed first a Staff Captain in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, and in immediate succession given command
of the 4th Canadian Infantry a few days before it sailed for the
front." Col. Birchall resided at Saintbridge House, Gloucester
His brother, Capt. J. Dearman Birchall is (1916) serving with
the Royal Gloucestershire's Hussars Yeomanry.
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BIRCHALL,
DSO |
Edward
Vivian Dearman |
Captain,
Buckinghamshire Battalion (Territorial), Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died of wounds 10 August 1916. Aged 32. Son of John
Dearman Birchall and Emily Birchall, of Bowden Hall, Gloucester;
brother of Arthur (above). Awarded ther Distinguished Service Order
(D.S.O.). In the 1911 census he was aged 26, living on private means,
born Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire, resident Saintbridge House
near Gloucester, Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire. Buried in ETAPLES
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 42.
Extract
from The Distinguished Service Order Vol. III, page 206:
BIRCHALL,
E.V.D. (D.S.O. L.G. 25.8.16) Capt., Oxf. and Bucks. L.I.
His D.S.O. was awarded for services on 23.7.1916, Pozieres. He
died of wounds 10.8.16.
Extracts
from The London Gazette 25 August 1916:
London Gazette, 25 Aug. 1916.- " War Office,
25 Aug. 1916. His Majesty the King has been gracioudy pleased
to approve of the appointment of the undermentioned Officers to
be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order, in recognition
of their gallantry and devotion to duty in the field."
BIRCHALL, EDWARD VIVIAN DEARMAN, Capt., Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. For conspicuous gallantry
and devotion to duty in action. He led forward his company with
great dash under heavy fire, entered the enemy's trenches, and,
though dangerously wounded, refused any assistance till assured
that the position won was firmly held.
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CAMERON |
Ewen
Arthur |
Lieutenant,
40th [SDGW] or 49th [CWGC] Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 16 December 1915. Aged 20. Son of Maj. Sir Maurice Alexander
Cameron, K.C.M.G. (Royal Engineers, retired), of 81, Bedford Gardens,
London, W.8., and the late Lady Cameron. No known grave. Commemorated
on MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 5 and 9. |
CHORLEY |
Frederick
John |
[Spelt
CHAWLEY on SDGW] Corporal 240851, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial),
Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 17 May 1917. Aged 34. Born
Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester. Son of
James Chorley, late of Bath; husband of W. Caswell (formerly Chorley),
of Kimberley, Upton St. Leonards, Glos. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calas, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 7. |
DASHWOOD |
Theo
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Second
Officer, H.M. Fleet Messenger "Spinel," Mercantile Marine
Reserve. Died 20 January 1918. Aged 24. Son of Christian William
and Edith M. Dashwood, of Narramores Cross, Kingsbridge, South Devon.
Native of Kidderminster. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 30. |
DAVIS |
Alfred
James |
Private
18998, "D" Company, 2/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 18 April 1918. Aged 20. Born Upton St
Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester. Son of Edwin and
Rose Davis, of Upton St. Leonards, Glos. Enlisted in Sept., 1914,
also served at Gallipoli. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calas, France. Panel 60 to 64. |
DYER |
William
Francis |
Private
607, 21st Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action at Bapume,
France, 10 February 1917. Aged 23. Son of Thomas and Honor Dyer,
of Bowden Hall, Upton St. Leonard's, Gloucester, England. Native
of Cheltenham, England. Employed as Footman to Lord, went to Australia
to learn farming, aged 21. Served in Egypt, Gallipoli and France;
ship torpedoed on the way to the Dardeneeles from Egypt. Buried
in WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calas, France. Plot III.
Row C. Grave 39. Australian
Archives Circular |
EVANS |
Rupert
Ancrum |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regiment). Died on service 25 January 1916. Born 6 November 1891.
In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Kennington, Surrey, son of
patrick T and Alice E Evans, resident 54, Longridge Road, Kensington,
London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born
Kensington, London, a studdent visiting at Parkhurst, Haslemere,
Lurgashall, Sussex. Buried North-West of Church in HARPLEY (ST.
BARTHOLOMEW) CHURCHYARD, Worcestershire. See also Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey and also Trinity
College, Cambridge University
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
EVANS
Rupert Ancrum of 54 Longridge-road Earl's Court Middlesex
second-lieutenant 3rd West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales' Own) regiment
died 25 January 1916 at Whitley Bay Northumberland Administration
London 8 August Alice Emily Evans widow. Effects
£8829 5s. 2d
Resworn £8809. 7s. 0d. Further spent 29 January 1937.
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HARDY |
Luther |
Private
5389, XV Corps Cyclist Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps. Killed in
action 27 June 1917. Aged 29. Born Lincoln, enlisted Gloucester.
Son of the late Richard and Priscilla Hardy. Formerly 15650, Worcestershire
Regiment. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I.
Row A. Grave 7. |
HOPKINS |
Henry |
Private
240652, 1/5th, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 5 April
1917. Aged 19. Born Tuffley, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester.
Son of Frederick Robert Hopkins, of Bottom Cottage, Upton St. Leonards,
Gloucester. Buried in UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE, Aisne, France.
Plot IV. Row E. Grave 7. |
IRELAND |
Walter |
Private
7739, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
10 May 1915. Born Marston, Gloucestershire, enlisted Bristol. No
known grave. Commemorated on MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 22 and 34. |
JACKSON |
Lionel
Arthur |
Private
48571, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 26 August 1918. Born and resident Upton
St Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester. Formerly 40598,
Somerset Light Infantry. Buried in PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 22. |
LLOYD |
Lewis
Henry |
Private
40951, Bedfordshire Regiment posted to 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 21 September 1917. Aged 35. Born Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, enlisted Bristol, resident Gloucester. Husband
of Harriet Lloyd, of 15, Balfour Rd., Gloucester. Formerly 241897,
Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
LLOYD |
Reuben
Edward |
Private
4453, 1/5th, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 23 July
1916. Born and enlisted Gloucester. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
MILES |
George
Henry |
Private
8595, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Died of wounds 16 July
1916. Born Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester.
Formerly 21955, Hussars. Buried in MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 20. |
MILLARD |
Harold
Samuel |
Private
33594, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 7 October
1917. Aged 28. Born Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, resident Upton St
Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester. Son of William John
and Alice Millard, of Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire. Buried
in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calas, France. Plot XXVII.
Row F. Grave 5. |
MILLARD |
Sydney |
Sergeant
2735, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action 23 July 1916. Born Tewkesbury, enlisted Gloucester. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
MILLS |
Edwin
James |
Private
220225, 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 12 October 1917. Aged 36. Born and resident
Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester. Son of
James and Jane Mills, of Birch Tree Cottage, Upton St. Leonards,
Glos.; husband of Alice Mills, of 5, Tilsley Grove, Erdington, Birmingham.
Formerly 31648, Devonshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 105 to 106
and 162. |
MOURBEY |
Arthur
James |
Private
3057, 1/1st Battalion, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Died in Egypt
23 April 1916. Enlisted and resident Gloucester. Buried in KANTARA
WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section E. Grave 172. |
PANTER |
Henry |
Corporal
8064, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 1 November 1914.
Born All Saints, Gloucester, enlisted Bristol. In the 1901 census
he was aged 13, a boarder, born Gloucester, resident Boudend, Upton
St Leonards, Gloucester. In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born
All Saints, Gloucester, resident Verdala Barracks, Malta, a Lance
Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, unmarried. No
known grave. Commemorated on MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 22 and 34. |
PHELPS |
Ernest |
Private
9974, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
12 May 1915. Born Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester.
In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Upton St leonards, resident
with his parents, George and Mary A, at The Pound, Upton St Leonards,
Gloucester, Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on MENIN
GATE MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 22 and 34. |
RICE |
Arthur
Charles |
Sergeant
240110, 1/5th, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 4 October
1917. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Gloucester. Son of Albert Edward
and Florence Kate Rice, of 12, Central Rd., Gloucester. No known
grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 72 to 75. |
RIDLER |
Henry
[Charles] |
Private
49067, 1st/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action
23 October 1918. Born and resident Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Gloucester. Formerly 26768, Gloucestershire Regiment. Buried
in QUIEVY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section
A. Grave 21. |
RIDLER |
William
George |
Private
15015, "D" Company, 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action 18 November 1916. Aged 22. Born Upton St Leonards,
Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester. Son of Albert and Alice J.
Ridler, of Upton St. Leonard's, Gloucester. Buried in GRANDCOURT
ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave
87. |
SMITH |
Albert
John |
Sapper
283050, 96th Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Died
at sea 30 December 1917. Aged 30. Born Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Gloucester. Husband of E. F. Smith, of 19, Albert St.,
Gloucester. No known grave. Commemorated on ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR
MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section D. Grave 294. |
SMITH |
Daniel
John |
Bombardier
25374, 95th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
31 July 1916. Aged 26. Born Matson, Gloucestershire, enlisted Bristol.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Smith, of Matson Lane, Gloucester; husband
of Margaret Alice Smith, of 10, Priory Villia, Milford Haven. Buried
in BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France.
Plot II. Row B. Grave 17. |
SMITH |
[William]
Ewart |
Lance
Corporal 241144, 2nd/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 31 March 1918. Born and enlisted Gloucester.
No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Panel 40 and 41. |
SMITH |
Francis
George |
Private
33883, "D" Company, 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. Killed in action 6 August 1917. Aged 19. Born Upton St
Leonards, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester. Son of George William
and Louisa Mary Smith, of 104, Coney Hill Rd., Gloucester. Formerly
209, Army Catering Corps (Territorial Force). No known grave. Commemorated
on MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 41 and 43. |
SPRING |
Francis
John aka Frank |
Private
8653, 2nd, Royal Irish. Killed in action 14 July 1916. Aged 24.
Born Painswick, Gloucestershire, resident Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Gloucester. Son of Mrs. A. Spring, of Friday St., Painswick,
Stroud, Glos.; husband of Annie Lydia Spring, of Camp Cottage, Upton
Hill, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucester. Formerly 29227, Hussars. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 3 A. |
TRANTER |
Henry
Isaac |
Private
4235, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Died
of wounds 28 August 1916. Aged 19. Born Stockend, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Gloucester, resident Upton St. Leonards. Son of Henry Tranter
and Adelaide Brooks of 'Mill Cottage,' Upton St. Leonards Gloucester.
Buried in BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row D. Grave 18. |
WASLEY |
Frederick
George |
Private
3975, 2/1st Battalion, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Died in United
Kingdom 20 January 1917. Enlisted and resident Gloucester. Buried
South of church in BROCKWORTH (ST. GEORGE) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire. |
WEBB |
John
[G] |
Private
G/74390, 1st/22nd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
posted to 22nd Battalion, London Regiment. Died of wounds 2 September
1918. Aged 18. Born and resident Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Gloucester. Son of John and Annie Webb of Bond End, Upton
St. Leonards, Gloucester. Buried in COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 25. |
WILLIAMS |
Ernest
Frank |
Private
241342, 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
16 August 1917. Aged 19. Born London, enlisted Gloucester. Son of
Mr. A. B. Williams, of Pretoria Cottages, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucester.
Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
XV. Row A. Grave 4. |
IN
MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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BENN |
Lawrence
[Molyneux Herbert] |
Major
IA/89, Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward's Own Lancers), I.A.C. Died
7 October 1944. Aged 44. Son of Col. R. A. E. Benn and Mrs. Benn;
husband of Dorothy Mary Benn, of Lyonshall, Herefordshire. Married
Dotrothy M Benn in 1937 in the Westminster Registration District,
London. No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Mynmar
(Burma). Face 20.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1945:
BENN
Lawrence Molyneux Herbert of Black and White House Upton St. Leonards
Gloucestershire died 7 October 1944 on war service
Probate Birmingham 17 September to Dorothy Mary
Benn widow. Effects £501 5s. 5d.
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CLACK |
Edgar |
Corporal
5184022, 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 28 May 1940.
Aged 20. Son of Isaac and Edith Elizebeth Clack, of Upton St. Leonards,
Gloucestershire. Born and resident Gloucestershire. Buried in LEDRINGHEM
CHURCHYARD, Nord, France. Row B. Grave 7. |
ELLERY |
John
Andrew |
Flight
Sergeant 1586909, 600 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 21 February 1944. Aged 21. Son of Joseph William and Winifred
Ellery, of Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire. Buried in BOLSENA
WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row D. Joint grave 14-15. |
FARMER |
Raymond |
Sergeant
925408, 130 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 25
June 1942. Aged 18. Son of Harold and Ivy Bernice Farmer, of Wotton-under-Edge,
Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 82. |
HALE |
Frederick
William |
Private
5192500, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 2 October 1944.
Aged 39. Son of Frederick James Hale and Alice Celia Hale, of Upton,
St. Leonard's Gloucestershire; husband of Gwendoline Dorothy Hale,
of Upton, St. Leonards. Buried in ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY,
Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 8. Row A. Grave 10. |
RAMSEY |
James
Herbert |
Corporal
2331830, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 18 March 1943. Aged 24. Son
of Thomas H. Ramsey and Martha Ramsey; husband of Mary E. Ramsey,
of Upton St. Leonards. Buried South of the church tower in UPTON
ST. LEONARDS (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire. |
RUMSEY |
Edward
Thomas Higgs |
Sergeant
7881405, 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps.
Died 28 December 1941. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Rumsey,
of Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire; husband of Joan Barbara
Rumsey, of Gloucester. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL,
Egypt. Column 25. |
RUSSELL |
Keith
John |
Private
2381322, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died 5 November 1943.
Aged 20. Son of William and Kate Violet Russell, of Upton St. Leonards,
Gloucestershire. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot
II. Row B. Grave 28. |
THOMAS |
Eric |
Private
14757680, 1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment. Died 14 April 1945. Aged
18. Son of Wallace Ivor and Matilda Frances Thomas, of Upton, St.
Leonards, Gloucestershire. Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen,
Germany. Plot 6. Row B. Grave 5. |
THIS
WAR MEMORIAL WAS
RESTORED IN THE 1999 BY
UPTON ST LEONARDS PARISH COUNCIL
WITH THE AID OF A MILLENNIUM GRANT FROM STROUD DISTRICT COUNCIL
Last
updated:
8 April, 2022
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